COLLABORATION

Publication Ethics

This statement of code of ethics is a statement of ethical code of all parties involved in the process of publishing scientific journals including managers, editors, peer reviewers, website administrators, and authors. The ethics of scientific publication are based on Regulation of Head of LIPI No.5 Year 2014 about Code of Ethics of Scientific Publication. Code of Ethics of Scientific Publications essentially upholds three (3) ethical values in publications, namely:

Neutrality, which is free from conflict of interest among the editorial members;

Justice, which gives the right of authorship to the author;

Honesty, which is free from duplication, fabrication, falsification, and plagiarism (DF2P) in publication.

The Responsibilities of Editorial Board

Determine the name of the journal, scope of knowledge, period, and accreditation if necessary.

Determine the members of editorial board.

Define the relationship between publishers, editors, peer-reviewers, and others in a contract.

Appreciate the things that are confidential, both for contributing researchers, authors, editors, or peer-reviewers.

Responsible for the style and format of the paper, while the contents and all statements in the paper is the responsibility of the author.

Actively seek the opinions of authors, readers, peer-riviewers, and members of editorial board to improve the quality of publications.

Support initiatives to educate researchers about the ethics of publications.

Encourage the authors to revise the submitted paper until it deserved to be published.

The Responsibilities of Peer-Reviewer

Getting a job from the editor to review the paper and submit the review to the editor, as a material for determining the feasibility of a paper to be published.

The reviewer shall not review any paper involving him, whether directly or indirectly

Maintain the author's privacy by not disseminating the results of corrections, suggestions, and recommendations by providing criticism, suggestions, feedback, and recommendations

Encourage authors to make improvements to the paper

Reviewing the written works that have been improved in accordance with predetermined standards

The papers are reviewed in a timely manner according to the published style of scriptures (data collection methods, author's legality, conclusions, etc.).

The Responsibilities of Authors

Ensure that the author list meets the criteria as the author

Collectively responsible for the work and the contents of the article including methods, analysis, calculations, and details

Express the origin of the resources (including funding), either directly or indirectly

Explain the limitations of the study

Respond to comments made by the peer-reviewer in a professional and timely manner

Inform the editor if willing to retract the paper

Make a statement that the papers submitted for publication are original, have not been published anywhere in any language, and are not in the process of submitting to other publishers

When authors come to know about their error in their own published research, it is their accountability to inform prompt to the publisher or request them to correct the inaccuracy or retract the paper.